Before 29-year-old Deshone E. Donald was shot by Tallahassee Police Thursday night, he fled a traffic stop then aimed his car at officers, investigators say.

When at about 10:20 p.m. officers spotted his white Chevy sedan in the area of Levy Avenue and Iamonia Street, he eluded them before the altercation that landed him and a police officer in the hospital.

Deshone E. Donald faces charges of fleeing and eluding police, and possibly other counts, after police say he hit an officer with his car Thursday. He was shot by officers during the altercation.(Photo: Leon County jail)

Donald was out on bond for a Nov. 23 charge for domestic battery by strangulation. He is being charged with two counts of fleeing an eluding officers; other charges are pending.

According to a warrant for his arrest, officers spotted Donald and began to tail him while they called in air support from the Leon County Sheriff’s Office. He drove around southwest Tallahassee until officers attempted a traffic stop on Roberts Avenue.

Donald turned his headlights off and continued driving on Caldwell Drive. He then began to lead officers into a roundabout on Rankin Avenue completing the circle several times, according to court records.

A second traffic stop was initiated and Donald sped away. The LCSO helicopter followed him to Mission Road where patrol officers on the ground found the vehicle sitting in front of a home.

As they approached, Donald began ramming police cruisers and hit an officer as two other TPD officers, Robert Wyche and Andrew Mixon, fired and wounded him.

Wyche was hit by Donald, according to police. He was treated and released from the hospital and is expected to make a full recovery.

Donald’s injuries are non-life threatening. Wyche and Mixon have been put on administrative leave, which is protocol in use of force cases. Whyche was sworn in in 2007. Mixon started at TPD in December 2012.

Contact Karl Etters at ketters@tallahassee.com or @KarlEtters on Twitter.